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Arts Funding

Michelle Obama and I Agree: Commit to the Arts in Schools

Michael Tilson Thomas | Posted 10.14.2009 | Entertainment

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Michael Tilson Thomas

With state budgets under attack, we in the arts are bracing for a familiar song: whether or not to fund arts in the schools.

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My Visit to Kalamazoo

Michael Kaiser | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts, Kalamazoo, Arts in Crisis, Arts Education, John F. Kennedy Center, Arts Funding, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

Next time any government official in Washington or elsewhere says that the arts are elitist or that everyday people don't care about the arts, I am going to suggest they visit Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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Why the Arts Don't Pay for Themselves

Michael Kaiser | Posted 08.20.2009 | Entertainment

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Michael Kaiser

When people say the arts are irrelevant, I have to disagree; the arts are simply too expensive.

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Arts in Crisis

Michael Kaiser | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

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Michael Kaiser

American arts organizations are threatened, but it is not the economy that poses the largest threat.

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A Stimulus Boost For Mid-Sized Theaters?

Chicago Public Radio | Justin Kaufmann | Posted 04.06.2009 | Chicago

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The economy's effect on small businesses has been well documented. But one business that is seeing a dangerous downturn is the theater. Mid-Sized thea...

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Wednesday Routine, and What it Takes

Brian Dickie | Posted 03.29.2009 | Chicago

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Brian Dickie

A show is employment for a large number of artists and crafts people. So the stimulus package's tiddly $50M for the arts can be put to work with disproportionate effect.

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Why Do Repubicans Hate Artists And Writers So Much?

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 03.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Nea, Writers, Republicans, Lobbying, The Arts, Economic Stimulus Package, Writing, Grants, Philip Levine, Arts Funding, Art, Publishing, Foundations, Style News
Lisa Solod Warren

I don't expect Republicans to own up to having read anything more challenging than a Tom Clancy novel, but would they really deny the rest of us the opportunity to do so?

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The Culture Wars Roll On

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Culture Wars, Economic Stimulus Package, Conservatives, Arts Policy, Republican, Media, Barack Obama, Culture, Ideology, Art, Gop, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Funding, Politics News
Andrew Sargus Klein

The arts and humanities get a pretty raw deal. It was painful to watch the purported centrists in the Senate cut out nearly $100 million worth of funds for arts, culture and education last week.

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Condoms and Art are Stimulating (to the Economy); Corporate Tax Cuts Not So Much

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

If we want more stimulus, economic and otherwise, we need more funding for the arts and for family planning/safe sex, and less tax cuts for corporations.

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Culture Zohn: Getting Creative in '09

Patricia Zohn | Posted 02.09.2009 | Entertainment

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Patricia Zohn

2009-01-09-zohnpull.jpg Artists and arts institutions are scrappy and resourceful, generally uncomplaining and used to being valued less than bureaucrats, bankers or engineers.

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